Mike Barnicle is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, and social and political commentator. He is a regular contributor on MSNBC's popular Morning Joe program, and often comments on television and in print about the news of the day. Mike Barnicle has written more than 4,000 newspaper columns, and continues to write for The Daily Beast, TIME, The Huffington Post, ESPN The Magazine, Grantland, Politico, Esquire, and others.

While the Morning Joe panel continues to analyze how President Donald Trump has maintained a large majority of support from his base despite the ongoing Russia controversy surrounding him, senior contributor Mike Barnicle explains: “It gets tragically to the one single most outstanding success of the Trump presidency, and that’s his successful and sustained assault on the news media. That has taken hold, and there are huge numbers of Americans who choose not to believe these stories, choose not to believe that Russia may have participated in our election, which is in effect an act of war: Cyberwar against the United States on behalf of Donald Trump.” Listen to more of the discussion here.

Mike Barnicle is a veteran print and broadcast journalist recognized for his street-smart, straightforward style honed over nearly four decades in the field. The Massachusetts native has written 4,000-plus columns collectively for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the New York Daily News, and continues to champion the struggles and triumphs of the every man by giving voice to the essential stories of today on television, radio, and in print.